Wisconsin Legislature: 2005 Wisconsin Act 70

Date of enactment: December 20, 2005
2005 Assembly Bill 498 Date of publication*: January 5, 2006

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2003-04 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2005 WISCONSIN ACT 70

An Act to amend 70.11 (12) (a) of the statutes; relating to: a property tax exemption for property owned by Goodwill Industries.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

70,1 Section 1. 70.11 (12) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

70.11 (12) (a) Property owned by units which are organized in this state of the following organizations: the Salvation Army; Goodwill Industries, not exceeding 10 acres of property in any municipality; the Boy Scouts of America; the Boys' Clubs of America; the Girl Scouts or Camp Fire Girls; the Young Men's Christian Association, not exceeding 40 acres for property that is located outside the limit of any incorporated city or village and not exceeding 10 acres for property that is located inside the limit of any incorporated city or village; the Young Women's Christian Association, not exceeding 40 acres for property that is located outside the limit of any incorporated city or village and not exceeding 10 acres for property that is located inside the limit of any incorporated city or village; or any person as trustee for them of property used for the purposes of those organizations, provided no pecuniary profit results to any individual owner or member.

70,2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

(1) This act first applies to property tax assessments as of January 1, 2005.